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KATSURO PACKA MENYIGĖ, INE ~NUEVA YÖRE
"I'm afraid I owe you an apology."
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Is being October 8, necord- ing to an old tradition this column there is no opening paragraph,
(To atone for any disappoint ment ruffered by readers, the above words may be traced in Ink and blotted. If the blotting paper is then held up
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A noble use for egg-ahelis A MAN who
years
collected 1113-
carded egg-shells for two
has
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A floating ternal conversion, pound finds its own level, an a Is needed larger gold reservo for market manoeuvres on the An unvarying smallest scale. rate
the on places a strain clearing houses, and often forces them to bolster up the price equilibrium by a process of re- disinflation which can only end in financial chaos,
JACOBY
size model of the Brussels Palals ON BRIDGE
de Justice."
will grant tha!
he may have made quite a big model--but a life-size one? It
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is about the largest building you are ever likely to see
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Europe. So where did he erect it? Presumably in a hundred- acre field. As to why he crected I do not like to pry into his private affairs. He was probably
Here's A Lesson
To Remember.
By OSWALD JACOBY
Angry with the small-minded WHEN you're playing rub-
people who draw the Taj Mahal on a desterated bluebottle's eor, or write out War and Peace on a jam-label
Mra Słopcorner to her sister
EAR AMY,
DEAR
You eak me how Mimate's little love affair is going. Well, thin Mr Suct is a very gentle
and isn't rushing manly man, things. No night-cauv nonsenIO, They go to lectures and meet- 1443
ber bridge, make sure of your contract first and then let the extra tricks take care themselves."
of
This is a lesson that B. Jay Becker ofton teaches at The Card School in New York, Beck- er, whom his fellow experts consider
the most careful play- er in America, sometimes uses the hand shown today as an illustration of this principle. West leads the jack of spades, and the average player pounces on the trick with a gurgle of calls glee. He expects to
to draw trumps and run the diamonds, winning at least Ave truing tricks, live diamonds, and the ace of clubs. Our average player is doomed to disappointment. After South has drawn
of Two-
rounds
make the trumps, he cannot contract, If West is given
TÊN his interesta are serious, and he always
Mina Stopcorner" front of Dad and me, anyway. His liters are nery respectable -Ho iberties taken.
I'm sure she is the only piri in his life,
Councillor Thrupp
and ulien 71 heurd that had kissed her
at the one Guinea Chalgrove Rally and Auction
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Ju seemed quito disgusted, though
it meant nothing
her,
and was all part of her duties
Queen evidently Ukes Mr Suct,
as Scrap-Iron
She
and lose may come in time. He's vent impetuous, like her Dad, who, as you know, swept me off my feet, after being introduced to me at the Aquatic Sports.
Ao more nour.
Your loving alster,
Freda.
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YOUR BIRTHDAY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER B
ROHN today, you have a touch of of profession, where you will be
gerifum." Whether De not you happlet
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degalop your, talepte: to the utmost, You are o perfectionist and want';
probably depend somewhat only the best. You cannot. De co- on Fate You have a vivid amagloww" tent with anythhig ecold rate and tion and your idonis are hian, You' would 'rether, go without than take expect a great deal out of its arsch a mubatllisto. You have keeni wit cais, bas trenszi-broken · 12 · you' are, and a great deal of personal masse (« deceived." You are sinoere, honest, fam and charm. Select a marriage. kindly and "Swiya expect others to partner, who has similer cultural be the sole. And when they, dew, and intellectuai toston for the not, your diapluzionment in severe, greatest contentment.refle
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However, you have a fine gerne of alance and your emotional equalli- brium is excellent. You have good head for buskem od # In ikely that you will accurmalate something; et a fortune during your life Mimo, You have the ablity to. take care of minute detail with this utmost care and prtošrion,- Thân, combined with your natural loro of trnuty Artd talent in the artam especially mulo-indicate that you should find your career m. the aris - day gir be your daily guide?
Among thore born on this "dabe are: John Hay, alatonyesh and authar; Eddle" Itlakenbacker, aerö”: 'samutical expert: Clarence Steadirmer, poet and critle: Edward. F. Albee. Theatre -magnato; Powys, author; and Houben Mamnou- Han, sloge diecior. bà To find what the: stars" have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star (and read the correr- ponding paragraph, · Lat, your birth-"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9
113.
· TAURUS (Apr. 11-May You may find that a change of scene or selvity will do you good. Fer- hape you can get away for the week-end,
LINNA (Bent. 24-Oct. 133- "A fine day for you. Make plans for a pleasant werk-and, out of town, 1 posible. You will enjoy it,
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 12)........ Worry la noi anything to concern GEMINI (MAY 22-Jane #1)-
with! yourwell
Anything
could, A fine day, to take the family for happen-but chances are 3 won't an outing. Pick them into the 'eur be what you'm worrying about. and got an early start.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 18)---- CANGER The stam are in your favour now. zo blare only yourself, if things do
not work out as you wish them to. CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-$xn. 203- Your mind should be functioning at
top apocd-and the ideas are "ex- zellemi. Put them into operation.
AQUARIVA (Jan. zi-Fab. If you've been" dreaming dreams, lately, then this to the day you can Junke manie of them come true!
(June • #2«July 20)- Perhaps there are things around the Itause that maed
time to get at itpairing. A good
(July LEO
24-Aug.
+2)-- Now in the moment to display your, executive ability. Arrue feederstúp of p SLOUP end make plans for Chem. 10)-
VIRGO (Aug.
23)-- 24-Sept. Don't waste a second of this week- end. Put to excellent usg in the turtiurance of MONTLA personal ambition,
PIRCER (Feb. 20-AJAT. 20)- This is one of the good days, this, month, so make it count for some- thing imporinnt, You might even have to work overtime.
ARTES (Mar.
213J Your mind should be alert and re- crptive Make plans for the future, Your decisions will be canind,
21-Apr.
DUMB-BELLS
HAVE YOU SEEN MISS
HELEN'S FIANCE
THE LEDGER SYND
NO MA'M THEY AIN'T IN THE WASH
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. R. ATANASIO Black, 10 pieces..
White, § pieces, White to play, mate in two... Solution yesterday's problem:
1, Q-Q8. 1 ... PXB; 2, Q-128;.
P-R3; 2, B-B7; R4: 2, BR7.
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WOMANSENSE
Opera Star's Valuable Collection
Separates Fascinating Antique Jewels
By VERA WINSTON
ONE
Match Modern Clothes
Paris. jewels, dating back only 30 at Today, it includes jewels from NE of America's leading 40 years appear outmoded in an 14 countries, some dating from
unfashionable way, while the; the 18th century,op opera singers, Blanche really ancient necklaces and Hair ornaments are wonder Thebom, star of the Metro earrings are curiously attuned to fully adapted to Blanche politan and national radio modern clothes. Thebom's Individual style, of programmes, has two raro One of the mowy: Interesting dressing. Antique Roman coins and unpublicised attributes:and valuable pleces they found or single pear-shape pearls are a museum collection of this summer was a necklace chained to her gold hairpins. Or which should be in a museum, she may wear a Bavarian hat. antique jewellery, and hair hey found it in Vienna and is pin-though never a hat spear- which is nearly six feet ownership can be traced backed through her thick braids
to the early 1800's. long.
Miss Thebom accepta, her “ong in ́a・・・ million"
and valco phenomenal hair as'naturally as morning coffee, una scenied, sursi prierd when Parisians con sidered her a fur-star celebrity, on her recent privata trip to Europe.
UNUSUAL NECKLACE
ofter
the fashion of Japanese Gelana girls. T
An early American nosegay. balder which Mir Metz unear*h- The actual necklace comprises ed at Atlanta, Georgia, is mado Miso 13 separate, gold and diamond of hand-painted ivory. motifs in graduated sizes, which Thebom tits the tiny vial with antire water, and fastens it in ber into transform "Jewellery wardrobe,"
hair with fresh flowers for the evening.
What interests this, attractive It may be worn as a necklace and talented woman are the on a flexible gold chain; mount- back streets and Quals' (rivered on a diadem as a court tinru;!. side walks) ΟΣ Parts, the makes two separate palcy of museums and paintings, or a carring, or two separate clips, 17th century piece of jewellery and includes two pounds of gold which she may have seen that and 800 diamonds. day.
Each
SOUND INVESTMENT
DECORATIVE COMBS
Flowers are used again, fucked into a tortoise shell, compcopia- shaped comb, which she WORIN to ornament anchorIESOUN component plece. chignon. Other decorative comba numbered an the back, to and there are over a hundred facilitate on assemblage aa of them are in Spanish mood, complicated as Chinese puzzle. made of jet, carved amber, or Jewellery, is her hobby, and In addition to the large velvet flagres, used
Richard Matz, considers it how banker husband, Mr lined case which carries the
masterpiece, a smaller matching The combs which serve the contains the numberless functional purpose of grooming Together, bax
arendes, miniature explore the
gold scrow drivers, the opera zar's luxuriant hair, the "fida market-Paris hooks, pins, and skeleton frames are also antique. But for a very equivalent of London's former noeded to mount and transform practical reason. A century ago, Caledonian Market" and thợ this, chameleon necklace, ahops of dealers in search of rare places usually more than: Miss Thebom
For collection Just hundred years old.
Volvot and taffeta aro for this smart pair of separates. The top of black velveteen, is a shoulder-banded camisole
with tailor-made bow straight across the top. It can be worn
w with either a matching skirt or the one shown which is of oyster white rayon faffein cut, circular, corded in rows and lined to hold its shape.
Bound investimerit, they
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS
started
five years
it was not unusual for women
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have such long hair, and the hex used a type of widely spaced
ago."blunt toothed, comb to
sheet is atted over
Faint and string on tape while they're cooking, or cook wrinides stretch out, smooth and measures empty, thread spools to them in grape juice.
nient, once the mattress. make unusual fle-backs for sew-
ing room drapes,
To give new Bavour to dried prines, add a few whole cloves
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Pixie McSnooze is Lost
-But He Turned Up Inside a Morning Glory-
ONG
By MAX TRELL
bofore they reached the Pine Tree Grove, Knarf and Hanid, the shadow-children with the turned-about names, heard Pixie O'Scowl's volee.
Pixlo O'Scowl wis saying: "Ho was here a minute ago, boys. Look around for him. He's got to be here."
The Pixies Soarched
By this time Knart and Hanid had reached the
Was
that there Finding nothing else to do but to_obey Hanld's wishes, Pixie O'Scowl finally agreed to explain every
રા therefore, as thing. As soon, Hanld stopped squeezing him, Pixie O'Scowl straightened out his clothes and begen: "I come out here about an hour ago with Pixie McSnoozo"!
"The sleepy one?" said Knorf. Pixie O'scowl nodded: "You're right. He's tho sloopiest pixie in the world. But I made
quite
Pine Tree sure he wouldn't fall right the bee had stored horier žin
Grove. They came on a strange sight. Pixie O'Scowl was sitting
I was quite Расм
trump, trick, he will switch
to hearts, and the defenders| will take enough hearts to de fent the contract.
11 South draws three rounds
asleep."
on a white rock. All the other pixies were running around, in prevent and out among the trees. They all seemed to be looking for something.
ut
made a bumblebee stay
morning glory that day.." behind him and keep humming.
sure that would ar him from falling Pixie McSnooze. He asked Pizle. O'Scowl to call the bumblebee "Why," asked Hand, "did you over, which Pixie O'Showi OCINO out hero in the first once did.. As soon as he saw Knarf and place?!! Hanid, Pixie O'Scowl, who wOR · · "Oh, I forgot to tell you, always rather rude, sald: "Don't cald Pixie O'Scowl, "I erme just stand there looking. It You want to be of some use, go
The Bee Stored Honey. Knarf naked Pixo O'Scowi to find out if the bee had visited
of trumpa and then begins the help the others find him, and here to gather Ave-leaf clovers any flowers while he was in the
diamonds, West will ruff, the third round of diamonday, and South must
then lose three hearts and a club in addition to West's trump trick.
Becker then shows how the game
'contract should be ful- filled. South must refuse to win the first trick.
The defenders cannot safely switch to hearts, since dummy sull bar a trump to stop that Buit If West continues trumps, or switches to diamonds or clubs | for that matter, South can draw the trumps and make sure of fourrump tricks, Avo dia- 18. The Invitation to Charlie trommonds, and the ace of clubs for the 10 tricks that he needs for hia contract.
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Bid thréë", diamonds, You' géod rebidiable' diamond.
there is no resson (10)
this information from inor." It 'may, bàʻgil; that to bid:layđówny and
“Find whom?” asked Koorf, "Him," said Pixie O'Scow!, Here Hanta interrupted to say: "Who's him?”
"Don't waste time asking so
sald many question,"
Pixle O'Scow), Go and look for him,"
Hanid Was Angry
This mado Hanid so angry (for she didn't like people to be rude to her) that she seized Pixie O'Bcowl, between her thumb and forefinger.
"Ouch! Stop, squeezing, me," cried Pixie O'Scowl. “Leggo]”.
Hanid was very stern. "I won't let you go," she said, "until, you tell us who 'him' is and why we have to look,, for Thim, "
We always like five-leaf clove in our salad on Friday nights.
Here, Knarf interrupted to say that there weren't any such thing as five-leaf clovers.
meadey. The bon answered, that It had visited only one flower, morning glory, in which it had stored some honey. It meant to come back for the honey later * gone thing the daycare! !! "Maybe you never saw them. There's where he is" - orled said Pixie O'Scowl, "but I'vs reen plenty of them. Anyway, Knart. "Let's look in the morn I was hunting for them at ona ing glory." side of the meadow while Me So they all men around to the Enooze and that bee, were hunt morning glory and there, curled ing them on the other side, up at the bottom, moring soft- Woll, all of a sudden I looked ly was Pide McSnooze,A around, and there was the beeKOMA STUNNIN all right but no McSnooze There Im't much more to be "My goodness, what happened told Pixie Oscowl yanked Pixie to him? arked Hanid McSnooze out of the morning glory and they both continued Pixie O'scowl shrugged: "He hunting for five-leaf clover, just vanished. That's why we're because those were the clover looking for him now topologicas he said before, that the pixies It was Knarf who thought of liked in theirs melad, on Friday what might have happened to nights.
Rupert and Niagara-26
Before driving picture boolea into a plaster wall, soak the oils in hot water for five minutes, This often prevents them from cracking the plaster.
tearing or tangling. Before Mr Metz found this set of combs for his wife in *** Viennese antique shop, he used to buy her coarse metal instruments used to curry a horse's tail,
Miss Thebom, score à bruch of any description. Her theory Don't discard a abre rug just is that one can have longer hair, because it's become faded and if they simply leave it alone. dingy. Instead, troat it to a coat-She never goes to a Hairdresser, ing of good canvas paint, or use and says that constant, cutiing, a dye specially made for this bleaching trick: ponariarsenit/ waves
·Fitted bed sheets not only gave purpose. Either is easy to apply, are the reasons why long hair time in making, bods,, but also, will add new life to the rug, la gederally so rare today.
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